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Here’s why we like some superheroes more than others
Back in 2007, long before the MasterClass franchise was a thing, Jane Espenson, one of television’s most respected and imaginative writers, wrote an essay/tutorial for The New Republic that breaks down the embraceable genre formula she calls the Chosen One.…
Our 5 favorite (new) farmers market recipes
Last week, I wrote about the pasta that finally taught me how to shop at the farmers market. What I didn’t mention was that I ate the first quarter of my bowl standing up, at the bar top between my…
Trump’s “forever” tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill
President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025. But their sticker shock for American consumers is becoming increasingly clear – just as economic sentiment is souring ahead of the November 2026 midterm…
Welcome to Venecky? – Salon.com
Students returning to a Kentucky middle school this year learned something surprising on their first day of class: They don’t live in Kentucky. Apparently, they live in “Venecky.” The bizarre geography lesson appeared in student agendas distributed at Farnsley Middle…
“One Night Only” and the summer of rom-com sex talk
In the dog days of summer, there’s no better place to escape the heat than inside the air-conditioned paradise of a movie theater. Perhaps you’ll even find yourself there with a romantic companion, their uncovered leg grazing against yours as…
Gen Z isn’t killing nightlife, it’s just drinking differently
If I see one more headline announcing that Gen Z has killed alcohol, I might just order another drink. According to the internet, my generation doesn’t go to bars anymore. We don’t party. We don’t date. We’re all sitting at…
Turn around, Bright Eyes – Salon.com
I like Bright Eyes. There, I said it. That’s no small confession for someone who prides herself on listening to serious music. I’ve evolved from preteen grunge aficionado to high school punk fan to college indie rocker and finally become…
Phoebe Bridgers has a song for every feeling
If and when you find yourself in need of music that will meet you at the intersection of I love you more than oxygen and I hope you become a ghost in a house that I can burn to the…
HBO’s “Lanterns” questions what makes a hero—and who gets to be one
Before we glimpse the opening title card for “Lanterns,” co-creators Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof and Tom King establish the stark disparity between what qualifies Hal Jordan (Kyle Chandler) to wear the Green Lantern’s ring versus what’s expected of John Stewart…
MAGA’s burrito brawl shows cracks in Trump’s economy
Amid weeks of compounding foreign policy failures and an economy that lost a revised 103,000 jobs across May and June, conservatives are grappling online with a brutal realization that the Republican Party as a whole is desperate to ignore: What…